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Sastre Champions Tour de France

For the third time in a sequence, the drivers in Spain again successful Tour de France. Carlos Sastre, which is now a winner in the Tour de France 2008.

Two years back, Tour de France won by Alberto Contador (2007) and Oscar Pereiro (2006), as Sastre, a bicycle racer from the “Land of Matador.”

Sastre victory itself be able to maintain over time difference from the nearest competitor Carlos Sastre Cadel Evans of Australia, finis with seven seconds behind to menggenapkan time kemenangannya be 58 seconds.

Meanwhile, Austrian Bernhard Kohl drivers occupy third place with a difference of 1 minute 13 seconds, the platform is the result of the second most stringent in the 105 year history of Tour de France.

“It is horrible,” saying this should be Sastre Crusaders two children, as quoted Yahoosport, Mon (28/7/2008).

With age has turned to the number-33, Sastre is one of the most elderly drivers who won the Tour de France for the first time.

This is the sixth position for ten major Sastre who is also Spanish so that the seventh place in the Champions Tour de France.

Etape to-21, which is itself etape last won by Gert Steegmans of Belgium.

Spain other drivers, Oscar Freire, a representative of the country’s first green jacket won the most points for a sprinter. In addition, the jacket polka dot (king of the mountains) digondol Bernhard Kohl.

Team Sastre, CSC, also a team with the best drivers other CSC Andy Schleck (23 years), to reach the white jacket as the best young drivers.